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Carl Abbott

A CenterTao member recently said on the Forum, “Philosophers see a subtle difference between two anti-Realist philosophies: “Dialectical Monism” and “Non-Dualism”. Well, I don’t doubt it! It is difficult, maybe impossible, for philosophers to convey things as simply as they are. The difficulty lies in subtle semantic differences. Oddly, for some reason we quickly discount […]

I was soaking in the hot bath this morning and recalling member Dave’s reply to Butterflies have wings; we have minds came to mind. A hot bath never fails to loosen up thinking, I find. Anyway, Dave said, “Our models in our minds are staler than we know.” He also quoted George Box, one of […]

I think back over all the years I let my life-options distract me from what I knew I ought to do. As Buddha’s Fourth Noble Truth says, “There is salvation for him whose self disappears before truth, whose will is bent on what he ought to do, whose sole desire is the performance of his […]

Butterflies have wings and fly; we have a mind and our thoughts fly. So far so good. Difficulties arise from believing that those thoughts actually get us somewhere. Trusting in what you think can lead to difficulty. When you believe the dream is real, nightmares are more likely. Granted the mind can drive us crazy, […]

Science gradually debunks long held myths. It relentlessly peels away the cosmetic ideals with which we adorn ourselves. Warm-up your contemplative mind with this excerpt from a recent Science News report, Body In Mind. It takes another step towards taking the ‘sapiens’ out of Homo sapiens (Latin: sapiens = wise man). Body In Mind (Click […]

I just came across this little diagram I drew up a few years back. It’s not a bad way to ponder some elemental issues using a minimum of words. It points to the synergy that exists between these elements. At the center is ‘meaning’ / need. I’d probably add fear to that core. Need & […]

It is easy to notice other people’s obsession when we ourselves are impartial. The moment we have a stake in a situation, our passion blinds us. ‘Puppy love’ is an easy example of this blindness. ‘Puppy love’ exemplifies the attraction emotion of need and love. This positive passion is the emotional energy that drives us […]

I began studying astrology while living in Japan. I soon realized that up until then I’d been seeing everything ‘out there’ relative to myself — subjectivity to the hilt. Astrology opened a window onto the world for me — things were unique in there own right. Not only that, astrology offered what appeared to be […]

Being surrounded by death is life when your dreams are different, being surrounded by life is death when your dreams are eternal. Any preference? Just be between life and death… Reading these poetic few lines from a post on CenterTao brought Schrödinger’s cat right to mind! What do you think?

Anyone having trouble with Tai Chi? I have just uploaded a video that shows the form in both mirrored and frontal image which may help. My wife has managed to learn the basic movements by just watching the video. When used along with Cheng’s book I reckon it should be even more effective. Go ahead, […]